Outdoors

Duluth on the hunt for summer lifeguards
The city of Duluth and the Duluth Area Family YMCA are struggling to recruit lifeguards to staff the Park Point beach on Lake Superior this summer. Duluth’s struggles are part of a larger nationwide lifeguard shortage that have hit communities in the Twin Cities and beyond.
Anglers can keep one walleye for part of the upcoming Mille Lacs fishing season
Anglers will be allowed to keep one walleye during parts of the upcoming fishing season on Mille Lacs Lake. The Minnesota DNR has strictly regulated walleye harvest on the popular lake for the past several years to try to boost the fish’s population.
New campground at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park set to open June 1
The opening date has now been set for a long-awaited new state park campground on Minnesota's North Shore. The 46-site Shipwreck Creek campground at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park will open on June 1.
Nation's top young cross-country skiers compete this week in Minneapolis
The nation’s top young cross country skiers are competing in Minneapolis this week at the Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships. The last time the event was held at Theodore Wirth Park, in 2011, a young Jessie Diggins nearly swept the competition.
Boosting the number of women anglers in Minnesota
Women Anglers of Minnesota hope to increase the number of women in Minnesota with fishing licenses in part through interactive events.
The Superb Owl is back, and the crowd goes wild
This Sunday, football fans will choose sides in Super Bowl 56. But while much of the country is preoccupied with football, many others will spend the day rooting for another team: the owls.